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Integrated Modeling using MATLAB®, Simulink® and COMSOL®: with heat, air and moisture applications for building physics and systems

Jos van Schijndel

This book presents the development and evaluation of an integrated
heat, air and moisture simulation environment for modeling and
simulating dynamic heat, air and moisture processes in buildings and
systems. All models are implemented in the computational software
package MATLAB with the use of SimuLink and COMSOL. More than 25
different heat, air and moisture related models are included in this
work. Most of the models are successfully verified (by analytical
solutions or by comparison with other simulation results) and/or
validated (by experimental data).

The use of the simulation environment regarding design problems is
demonstrated with case studies. Overall it is concluded that the
simulation environment is capable of solving a large range of integrated
heat, air and moisture problems. Furthermore, it is promising in solving
current modeling problems caused by either the difference in time
constants between heating venting and air conditioning components and
the building response or problems caused by the lack of building
simulation tools that include 2D and 3D detail simulation capabilities.

About the Author

A.W.M. (Jos) van Schijndel, MSc Physics; PhD Modeling and Simulation;
currently Assistant professor, all at Eindhoven University of Technology